Professor Yu-Chi Wu was born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. He received the Electrical Engineering Diploma in 1984 from the National Kaohsiung Institute of Technology, Taiwan, the M.S. and Ph. D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering both in 1993 from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), U.S.A. He has been involved in activities in both academic and industrial areas since 1986. His industrial work experience with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) from 1989 to 1990, GM/EDS/Energy Management Associates (EMA) from 1992 to 1993, and GM/EDS/China Management Systems (CMS) from 1994 to 1995 includes development and study of Energy Management System (EMS) applications and power system planning. He joined Lien-Ho Institute of Technology and Commerce (later renamed as National United University), Taiwan in 1994 and has served in different capacities since then. He was Chairman of Department of Electrical Engineering from 1995 to 1998, Director of Library from 2000 to 2001 and from 2016~2018, Dean of Student Affairs from 2003 to 2006, Dean of College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from 2012~2015, Vice President from 2016~2017, National United University. He was a visiting scholar at the Alexandria Research Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, U.S.A. (Nov. 2002~March 2003) and University of New South Wales, Australia, Australia (July~Nov. 2010). Currently, he is a professor of Department of Electrical Engineering in the National United University.
Professor Wu’s research interest is the areas of operations of power system and microgrid, optimization algorithms, AI, design of wind generator, design of Pulley motor, mobile health management, IOT, and energy saving technology. He has published over 100 papers in the above areas. He has also won several research and invention awards: Class A Research Awards of National Science Council of Taiwan, Class A Research Awards of Lien-Ho Education Foundation of Technology and Commerce, Distinguished Alumni Awards of National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, First Prize of Energy Saving Contest of Schneider Electrical Engineering Cup, Outstanding Specialist Awards of National Science Council of Taiwan, Gold Medal and Bronze Medals of Taipei International Invention show and Technomart, Bronze Medals of Le Concours Lepine, and Best Paper Awards of various international conferences. Professor Wu is a senior member of IEEE.

Smart System Lab is a lab run by several professor in the National United University who are working with several different departments (electrical engineering, computer science and information engineering, and information management). The projects conducted by this Lab are related to the areas in machine learnings, wearable devices for healthcare, smart grid, smart manufacturing, power system operations, etc.